An Essay Towards a Theory of ApparitionsCadell and Davies, 1813 - 139 Seiten |
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... unto him with the mark of a bloody " cross on his forehead , as if it had been " cut with a sword , at which amazed " he prayed unto God , and in the morn- ing he came unto Mr. Cambden's " chamber to tell him , who persuaded 66 ...
... unto him with the mark of a bloody " cross on his forehead , as if it had been " cut with a sword , at which amazed " he prayed unto God , and in the morn- ing he came unto Mr. Cambden's " chamber to tell him , who persuaded 66 ...
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... unto us , who " have committed ourselves to the black ( 6 cloud , to be withdrawn from the circle " coloured with the blood of divine grace , " in which the grace of God , in his well- beloved Son , had inclosed us . " After several ...
... unto us , who " have committed ourselves to the black ( 6 cloud , to be withdrawn from the circle " coloured with the blood of divine grace , " in which the grace of God , in his well- beloved Son , had inclosed us . " After several ...
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... unto us by those that " arose after him , who were all crowned , but the generations to come may look " for a change of the blood , and of the " name in the royal seat , after five kings " once passed , 2 Kings x . 30. ( The " words ...
... unto us by those that " arose after him , who were all crowned , but the generations to come may look " for a change of the blood , and of the " name in the royal seat , after five kings " once passed , 2 Kings x . 30. ( The " words ...
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... unto me , being extremely 66 66 affrighted at the sight of a dreadful " monster , which assuming a shape , be- " twixt that of a lion and a bear , at- 66 tempted to come upon the bed's foot . " I told him , I thanked God nothing so 66 ...
... unto me , being extremely 66 66 affrighted at the sight of a dreadful " monster , which assuming a shape , be- " twixt that of a lion and a bear , at- 66 tempted to come upon the bed's foot . " I told him , I thanked God nothing so 66 ...
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... unto many , with whom he was con- " versant ; it remains that I appeal to " the knowledge of those who have " been inhabitants or lodgers in the said house , for what remains , to justify the credibility of the rest . " 66 66 ! CHAP ...
... unto many , with whom he was con- " versant ; it remains that I appeal to " the knowledge of those who have " been inhabitants or lodgers in the said house , for what remains , to justify the credibility of the rest . " 66 66 ! CHAP ...
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66 appeared Achtermaunshohe affrighted afterwards albæ appa Arise Evans Armagh attended Baronius Beaumont's beheld Bezuel blood body Broken Caen called Cardan castle chamber Charles VII clouds coloured curious demons deposeth Desfontaines door dreadful drowned extraordinary eyes Ficinus figures forms frequently ghosts Guion hand Harz Harz mountains head heard horrible horror imagination incubis inquit insanity instance instar Jurat length light looked ments Mercato mind modum morning mountains nature never night nihil noise o'clock objects observed occasion Pancrates perceived persons phantasms pheno physician Pordage Portnedown Bridge produced qu'elle quæ Quarrè reader recollected images repeated rition Saumur Scotland second-sighted seemed seen Seers servants shew sion sleep sometimes Sortoville spectral delusions spectral impressions spectre spirit or vision supernatural Susannah Martin tasms terror THEORY OF APPARITIONS tion told unto vanished voice walked WARRINGTON window witchcraft YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Seite 13 - Achtcrmannshohe, a human figure of a monstrous size. A violent gust of wind having almost carried away my hat, I clapped my hand to it by moving my arm towards my head, and the colossal figure did the same.
Seite 14 - ... compliments by bending their bodies as we did; after which they vanished. We retained our position, kept our eyes fixed on the same spot, and in a little time the two figures again stood before us, and were joined by a third. Every movement that we made by bending our bodies, these figures imitated, but with this difference, that the phenomenon was sometimes weak and faint, sometimes strong and well defined.
Seite 39 - I opened my eyes. I conversed sometimes with my physician and my wife of the phantasms which at the moment surrounded me ; they appeared more frequently walking than at rest, nor were they constantly present. They frequently did not come for some time, but always reappeared for a longer or shorter period, either singly or in company, the latter, however, being most frequently the case.
Seite 41 - ... short, and never of an unpleasant turn. At different times there appeared to me both dear and sensible friends of both sexes, whose addresses tended to appease my grief, which had not yet wholly subsided : their consolatory speeches were in general addressed to me when I was alone. Sometimes, however, I was accosted by these consoling friends while I was engaged in company, and not unfrequently while real persons were speaking to me.
Seite 46 - Camden, he saw in a vision his eldest son (then a child and at London) appear unto him with the Mark of a bloody cross on his forehead as if it had been cutted with a sword...
Seite 36 - I might preserve a clear consciousness of the changes which should take place within myself; I observed these phantasms very closely, and frequently reflected on my antecedent thoughts to discover, if possible, by means of what association of ideas exactly these forms presented themselves to my imagination. I thought at times I had found a clue, but taking the whole together, I could not make out any natural...
Seite 22 - ... at him, and very much hurt him, with a blow on the side of the head: and that on the same day, about noon, the same shape walked in the room where he was, and an apple strangely flew out of his hand, into the lap of his mother, six or eight foot from him.